Another Saturday and another blog post from me. I’ve suddenly become quite prolific after a bit of a fallow period. We’ve all had our ups and downs over the last couple of years but thankfully my downs seem to be temporary. I feel for those whose mental health has really been affected however, as there … Continue reading “A Break From Rolling News, A Return To The Sixties and More Northern Soul: ‘What’ by Judy Street”
One of the loveliest things about having a blog, is that you just never know when a particular post from your archive is going to go viral, but that’s just what’s happened around here over the last couple of days because of a particular drinks advert. If like us you’ve been trying to avoid all … Continue reading “Northern Soul, Frank Wilson and “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)””
Last night I finally got round to watching the film Northern Soul which had been recorded on the machine the previous week. It was made in 2014 but was all about the dance culture that emerged in the working-class industrial towns of the North of England in the early 1970s. Instead of chart music, the DJs in the … Continue reading “Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, “The Night” and Northern Soul”
Well, it’s going to have to be a shorter post this time as I have an awful lot going on at the moment. The new business I hinted at a few weeks ago, came into our possession yesterday, so it’s all systems go now to get it up and running as soon as possible. More … Continue reading “Edwin Starr, “War” and a Different Kind of (Eye to Eye) Contact”
Well, it’s been a bit of a week, with no time for heavily researched blog posts. When that happens I usually resort to a web-diary type affair and a few songs have come to mind. First of all, after reading a post written by Jez over at Dubious Towers last weekend, where he recommended watching the … Continue reading “Beach Boys, Phil Collins and “There’s a Ghost in My House””
Here is an alpha list of the songs that feature in my posts. I intended to choose them randomly but pretty soon it became apparent they would choose themselves based on what was happening in the news, in my own life, or indeed the seasons. Sometimes a thread develops however and it’s fun to just run with it until it reaches a natural conclusion. … Continue reading “Featured Songs M – Z”
Since discovering that all full moons have a name (given to them by the Native Americans who kept track of the months by the lunar calendar), I have written about each one as they appear in our skies. To accompany the post I always include one of the numerous songs that have been written about … Continue reading “Nick Drake, “Pink Moon” and Pink Floyd”
Welcome to this occasional series where I am attempting a virtual journey around the 50 States of America in song. For anyone new to this place, I have a continuous route map where I enter and leave each state only once. Suggestions for the next leg always welcome! Last time we visited Massachusetts (tricky to spell but that’s … Continue reading “An American Odyssey in Song: Rhode Island – “Young and Beautiful” by Lana Del Rey”
Here is an alpha list of the songs that feature in my posts. I intended to choose them randomly but pretty soon it became apparent they would choose themselves based on what was happening in the news, in my own life, or indeed the seasons. Sometimes a thread develops however and it’s fun to just run with it until it reaches a natural conclusion. … Continue reading “Featured Songs A – L”
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